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screw driver

screw driver is the alternative form of screwdriver.

Meaning of screwdriver

Noun

screwdriver (plural screwdrivers)

  1. A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.
    Synonyms:
    turnscrew
  2. A cocktail made of vodka and orange juice.
    • Celestial asked for a screwdriver and the bartender poured a good four fingers of Smirnoff into a flimsy cup before opening a can of juice.2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 154

Forms of screw driver

pluralscrew drivers

Questions about screw driver

What is screw driver the alternative form of?
Screw driver is the alternative form of screwdriver.

Words near screw driver in the dictionary

  1. screw box
  2. screw boxes
  3. screw cap
  4. screw caps
  5. screw drive
  6. screw driver
  7. screw drives
  8. screw elevator
  9. screw elevators
  10. screw eye
  11. screw eyes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: screw driver (page history and authors); screwdriver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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